INEC denies fresh registration for PVCs

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday debunked reports, particularly in the social media, that the commission has opened room for fresh registration for permanent voter’s cards.

The social media was awashed yesterday with the report of the commission beginning a new phase of registration to capture those who have not yet registered.

A statement from the commission’s Director of Publicity and Voter Registration, Oluwole Osaze, yesterday explained that INEC was not in any way intending to embark on such an exercise.

The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, has described the frequent clashes between the supporters of All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as unfortunate and worrisome.

At least 70 people were killed when fire tore through crumbling apartment blocks in a historic part of Dhaka, setting off a chain of explosions and a wall of flames down nearby streets, officials said Thursday.

Two Nigerian soldiers were killed and six others injured when Boko Haram jihadists attacked a military post near the Cameroon border, security sources told AFP Monday, days before rescheduled presidential elections.